Prevention science is a framework for research focused on preventing and/or mitigating behavioral and health challenges and increasing resiliency. The prevention science work at FPG draws from a diverse range of disciplines—including the behavioral, social, psychological, and neuro sciences—to understand the origins of social problems at the individual, community, and societal levels. Prevention strategies focus on ways to intervene before a problem emerges or worsens, avoiding adverse outcomes and their costs, and enhancing conditions conducive to healthy child and adolescent development, good mental and physical health, and strong families and communities.
Featured Publication
FPG’s Denni Fishbein, PhD, recently spoke to the journal Challenges, reflecting on her career and its many twists and turns through a range of interdisciplinary work. She discusses prevention science through the lens of future possibilities and the need for scientists to lean toward advocacy and supporting evidence-based policy changes.
Featured Project
FPG Advanced Research Scientist Allison De Marco is principal investigator on a project which aims to investigate the relationships among housing stability, health and well-being, and climate change vulnerability. Findings will be shared with people who experience homelessness and housing instability and with organizations and agencies working to serve those populations.
Featured Person
Jessica J. Reed is an implementation specialist with The Impact Center at the FPG. She supports agencies, community organizations, coalitions, funders, and policy makers to put practices into place that will support individuals and communities to optimize the outcomes and sustainability of evidence-based interventions using implementation science.
